slightly OT: LV plane for UHMW plastic

------------------------------------ SFWIW, one of my principles has stopped mailing hard copy invoices under separate cover.

Invoice sent via e-mail with hard copy included in shipment of equipment.

As far as hard copy checks are concerned, personal account could be limited to one/month; however, averages about two/month just because...........

A long way from what was done 10 years ago.

Lew

Lew

Oh, I don't know - my (once) large US corporation said goodbye to me with a (small) retiree pension, (good but expensive) medical and 3 weeks for every year severance for 73 weeks pay. I went with no complaints.

They are now about 1/4 the size they were and are busily divesting themselves into oblivion.

Perhaps not, but far, far easier on our crowbars and wallets.

-- Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. -- Margaret Lee Runbeck

If it wasn't for girl scout cookies and boy scout popcorn, I'd written less than 25 last year.

Guess I shouldn't mention my autographed copy of "The Complete Guide to Sharpening" in which Leonard Lee wrote "To Dave, for whom we built the Saskatoon store", then?

Damned straight. I want to win!

CBC Radio news this morning is reporting an end to the "Postage Assistance Program" or "PAP". Apparently the funds will be used to support traditional publishers in developing a web presence.

I haven't been able to find details online yet.

My former employer gets in the neighborhood of $1 million annually under PAP. Without it, I suspect a serious round of outsourcing design and production to Asia.

Ow! Ow, let go of my leg!

-- Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. -- Margaret Lee Runbeck

Nuttin' on Google.

"WTF for?" I screamed.

-- Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. -- Margaret Lee Runbeck

Pull the other one, it's got bells on it?

Well, the department I ran had a budget of about $450,000 so they'll want to recover some of that million there. It's a lot cheaper to have someone in Manila or Delhi pick up material over the net and send a PDF back...

The days of business owners caring about anything other than maximizing shareholder value for the next quarter are long gone, C-less.

If it's got "bells", umm, that's not a leg. =3D:O

Depends... Are you a Morris Dancer?

;-)

Ouch! Not the middle one!

No, not that one, the part where you said they built a store just for you.

-- The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy. -- Charlotte-Catherine

Why should the taxpayer shoulder that, Dave?

That may be true for large, nasty corporations, but smaller businesses everywhere still have better morals and practices than that.

-- The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy. -- Charlotte-Catherine

Shouldn't. Apologies if I left that impression.

If the subsidy hadn't existed in the first place, then the business would have had to implement a different strategy years and years ago.

Some do, some don't.

Din't read the inscription at the link, didja?

As a father of a former Boy Scout, a current Girl Scout and employed at Burroughs Payment Systems , I thank you for writing those checks.

Mike > If it wasn't for girl scout cookies and boy scout popcorn, I'd written

Michael Kenefick wrote in news:7yu8p.97569$Gq3.84883 @newsfe09.iad:

No checks here, just cash, and not only because I like to support scouts (son made Eagle in the early 90's), but also because I like the cookies (girl scouts).